#9956DC#9956DC

#9956DC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.199 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9956DC
RGB	rgb(153, 86, 220)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 60.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 52.68, -58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 78.53, 312.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.1111 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.199 304)
XYZ	xyz(29.3800, 18.5953, 69.7377)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9956DC #99DC56

analogous

#5656DC #9956DC #DC56DC

triadic

#9956DC #DC9956 #56DC99

tetradic

#9956DC #DC5656 #99DC56 #56DCDC

square

#9956DC #DC5656 #99DC56 #56DCDC

split-complementary

#9956DC #DCDC56 #56DC56

monochromatic

#5C2098 #7A2ACB #9956DC #B889E6 #D6BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#9956DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#9956DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9956DC

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9956DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9956DC	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3477D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9956dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 86, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.199 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb89e8',
    500: '#9956dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9956dc;
$custom-light: #bb89e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9956dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59343,
    "c": 0.19885,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.18595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9956DC

secondary

#C7E1AD

accent

#E93F94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9956DC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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